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Prayers for peace between Russia and Ukraine
Last night (3 March 2014) there was a special moleben (service of supplication) at St Nicholas of Myra Russian Orthodox Church in Amsterdam for peace... Read More
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Special service in Amsterdam for the Increase of Love
Last night (3 March 2014) there was a special moleben (service of supplication) at St Nicholas of Myra Russian Orthodox Church in Amsterdam for peace... Read More
‘Forgive Us …. As We Forgive’: Forgiveness In The Psalms And The Lord’s Prayer
by Kallistos Ware, Metropolitan of Diokleia And throughout all EternityI forgive you, you forgive me.As our dear Redeemer said:'This the Wine, and this the Bread.'William... Read More
Orthodox Christian Statement Opposing Military Action Against Syria: Supporting narrative
The following offers some narrative support for the Statement. Whereas the narrative supports the succinct text of the Statement, it too is necessarily brief; however, numerous supporting materials are offered as background to help broaden understanding (we will begin adding these shortly).
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Finding Peace by Father Lev Gillet
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you.” Jesus gives His peace. He does not loan it; He does not take it back. The peace that is in Jesus “My peace” becomes the disciples’ final possession.
Letter from the Editor, IC66
Dear friends, This morning as I searched for some gem by St. Maximos the Confessor to offer as the first word on our theme “Peace:... Read More
Peacemaking As Vocation: Toward an Orthodox Understanding by Fr. Emmanuel Clapsis
Peacemaking As Vocation: Toward an Orthodox Understanding by Fr. Emmanuel Clapsis For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every... Read More
The Church As Neighbor: Corporately and Compassionately Engaged by Fr. John D. Jones
Moved with compassion, the Good Samaritan comes to the place where a Jew, typically despised by Samaritans, has been beaten and left (Lk. 10:33). And he acts: “beholding him,” the Samaritan “came to him and bandaged up his wounds.”
Healing in the Parish and the World: Let Us Go Forth in Peace by Bishop Kallistos Ware
Our theme is the liturgy after the Liturgy. Consider the word “peace” in the Divine Liturgy: In peace let us pray to the Lord, for the peace from above, and for the peace of the whole world; and also the meaning of the celebrant’s greeting, “Peace be with you all.” We know the priest is not just transmitting his own peace, but he is transmitting to the congregation the peace of Christ. And peace, we know, is a gift from God.
The King’s Jubilee: A ministry to the homeless of Philadelphia by Cranford Coulter
The King’s Jubilee: A ministry to the homeless of Philadelphia by Cranford Coulter For we are His workmanship; created in Christ Jesus for good works,... Read More
Peace in the Parish by Anthony S. Bashir and Fr. John Mefrige
by Anthony S. Bashir and Fr. John Mefrige Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything... Read More
The Woman Jezebel: Thoughts on the False Christian Character of Fascism by Miltiadis Konstantinou and Efstathios C. Lianos-Liantis
The Woman Jezebel: Thoughts on the False Christian Character of Fascism by Miltiadis Konstantinou and Efstathios C. Lianos-Liantis But I have this against you, that... Read More
Poetry IC 66
a poem: Christ Has No Body Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with... Read More
Recommended Reading- Believing in Russia: Religious Policy after Communism by Geraldine Fagan
Believing in Russia: Religious Policy after Communism by Geraldine Fagan Routledge, 2013, 291 pp. Reviewed by Fr. Stephen Headley The following article is an expanded... Read More
Searching Every Which Way by Alex Patico
Searching Every Which Way by Alex Patico The following is not so much a review as a topical commentary on a few readings related to... Read More
An appeal to forbid the blessing of weapons
The following letter was sent by the Orthodox Peace Fellowship to Patriarch Pavle, leading bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, on July 24, 1995: Your... Read More
Finding Peace
by Father Lev Gillet As we endure these difficult times and suffering, we experience a range of emotions, including despair, anger, and restlessness. The Lord... Read More
St. Basil the Holy Fool of Moscow
The Church occasionally canonizes people known as Holy Fools, people whose lives are so at odds with civil and ecclesiastical society that others, even Christians,... Read More
Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross: Where do we stand?
by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh There is something we can learn from the story of the woman taken in adultery. This woman had been sinning,... Read More
New Page: Remembering Jim Forest – Essays and Articles
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